Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Rosenthal

Based on the astonishing true story of one of Germany’s most beloved TV icons, this absorbing period drama follows a national superstar whose vibrant on-air charm conceals wounds carried since surviving the war. In 1978, at the height of his fame, game-show host Hans Rosenthal learns that a milestone live episode of his hit series has been set for the 40th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the pogrom that shattered his family and forced him into hiding as a teen. Pressured by network executives to do his carefree show instead of attending the country’s first official memorial, he faces an agonizing dilemma. As the broadcast countdown begins, a collision of celebrity, conscience, and the weight of history forces Rosenthal to confront buried memories, mounting self-doubt, and a nation eager to move on.